SUITS Webinar on financing, procurement and business models for sustainable urban transport

Are you interested in learning about financing, procurement and business models for sustainable urban transport?

Then join the webinar, organised in the framework of the Civitas SUIT project, that will discuss strategies to maximise the effectiveness and sustainability of urban transport measures through new funding models and opportunities for new business models. The webinar will also focus on different options to finance and procure transport measures (covering capital, revenue, and maintenance funding).

When? On 18 June 2018 at 2:30 PM CEST

Who? The webinar is targeted at local authorities (mainly transport and mobility departments) and other stakeholders, whose work focusses to increase the investment efficiency of public and private funds and optimise opportunities to access regional development funds.

The webinar will be moderated by Frederic Rudolph, project coordinator at the Wuppertal Institute.

Speakers include Aleksei Lugovoi, Senior Transport Planner at Arcadis, who will present existing funding mechanisms and approaches to sustainable financing used for transport and mobility projects in small and medium cities, including capital, revenue and maintenance funding, where appropriate.

Stefan Roseanu, Senior Consultant at Integral Consulting R&D, will introduce the new EU legislative framework for public procurement. He will explain local authorities how to apply schemes for innovative procurement to successfully plan and implement innovative sustainable mobility measures.

Finally, Iana Dulskaia, Researcher at Eurokleis Research, Innovation & Finance, will provide insights to modern mobility trends identifying the most successful mobility services and their business models in the sector. She will also focus on how to enhance a mobility project’s attractiveness to obtain external funding.